So, I like Christmas movies, I used to visit Eureka Springs as a kid in the 70s and early 80s, and I like movies set in the past. This I didn't care for, and I really wanted to.
The older girl, Carol Ann...I just cringe at the shrieking loudness. The Mom clearly had some sort of imbalance going on...sweet one second, total B the next. The Dad was going to stone little faux Baby Jesus and beat a dog, all in front of a church (to be fair, he DIDN'T, but he wanted to).
The kid thing was an issue because, as another reviewer mentioned, the way the older girl acted...spoiled, ignoring her parents when they told her to do or not do something, and being SO LOUD...I just don't think kids acted that way in the 40s, because parents didn't put up with that $*** back then. Her behavior in the movie made me glad she didn't get her freakin' bike for Christmas. None of the characters made me feel any empathy at all.
I'm an Arkansan, so I enjoyed pausing and reading the reproduction Arkansas Gazette headlines from 1941/42. And the dog was good, as most dogs in movies are. That's pretty much it.
The older girl, Carol Ann...I just cringe at the shrieking loudness. The Mom clearly had some sort of imbalance going on...sweet one second, total B the next. The Dad was going to stone little faux Baby Jesus and beat a dog, all in front of a church (to be fair, he DIDN'T, but he wanted to).
The kid thing was an issue because, as another reviewer mentioned, the way the older girl acted...spoiled, ignoring her parents when they told her to do or not do something, and being SO LOUD...I just don't think kids acted that way in the 40s, because parents didn't put up with that $*** back then. Her behavior in the movie made me glad she didn't get her freakin' bike for Christmas. None of the characters made me feel any empathy at all.
I'm an Arkansan, so I enjoyed pausing and reading the reproduction Arkansas Gazette headlines from 1941/42. And the dog was good, as most dogs in movies are. That's pretty much it.